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Love Leads the Way: A True Story: Directed by Delbert Mann. With Timothy Bottoms, Eva Marie Saint, Arthur Hill, Glynnis O'Connor. A recently blinded man becomes one of the first American users of a seeing eye dog and must fight to remove the legal barriers impeding its use.
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- Drama, Family, History
- Delbert Mann
- 1984-10-07
Aug 29, 2024 · This man is Morris Frank, the co-founder and first Vice President of The Seeing Eye. By his side is Buddy, a German Shepherd, recognizable by his assistance animal harness. Buddy was the first guide dog for the blind in the United States.
On February 9, 1928, Eustis called Frank and asked him if he would come to her dog-training school in Switzerland, called Fortunate Fields, to be paired with a guide dog. Frank replied, "Mrs. Eustis, to get my independence back, I'd go to hell."
It follows the true story of Dorothy Eustis, played beautifully by Academy Award Winner Eva Marie Saint and the first man to receive a seeing eye dog, Morris Frank, well played by Timothy Bottoms.
May 1, 2024 · Morris Frank was a blind man who helped start the first school that trained seeing eye dogs. His dog Buddy is considered to be the first seeing eye dog in America.
Jan 11, 2017 · Morris Frank was the first person to be partnered with a seeing eye dog. He became a passionate activist whose devotion to his canine companion Buddy led to the widespread acceptance of guide dogs throughout America and the world.
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Jun 6, 2017 · Blind since his teens, Morris Frank and a partner, Dorothy Eustis, founded America's first guide-dog training school in 1929. by Christine M. Kreiser 6/6/2017. New York: Dogs Trained To lead Blind.
